What's Your DC Naming Convention?
One thing I know about naming standards - as soon as you get 80% (or more) of your systems following the current naming standards, the standard will change. I have used Site-Role-Number where Site is...
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Its different for each client we have for various reasons but we always try to maintain a naming convention that is both appropriately descriptive and memorable
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I prefer to use names like you mention. I find it easier to remember something by a name rather than DC1 DC2 etc. I wanted to use dictators past and present but I think this might be frowned upon...
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usually 3-4 characters site, and then number FTP022 - FTP Site 2, Number 2 SQL017 www0163
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Not a big fan of arbitrary naming conventions. I typically define site, role and a number. (physical001) OKCSql01 I have one client that uses plant names as server/switch names. I can never remember...
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Main DC: to-win-ad1 Secondary DC: mi-win-ad2 Proposed Tertiary DC: tx-win-ad3 to = Toronto Datacentre mi = Mississauga Datacentre tx = Texas Operations Center win = Windows (so we know it isn't Linux...
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DNS names we use space objects, but in the VM name we use the space object + OS + other important flag like DC. We also maintain updated documentation on what each server is and where it is located.
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We only have one site, so everything's pretty simple. I name servers based on what they do, domain controllers are DC-01 and DC-02.
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Is the second DC Gandalf or Frodo? Is the email server Arthur or Lancelot? Is the SQL server Saturn or Jupiter? *bang* Not a big fan of stupid server names. Name them for what they are. If you're...
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We have a Prefix for the Business, a code for the site and then a suffix to indicate role together with an instance number So we have:- PE-BU-DC1 for Pick Everard - Bury St Edmunds - Domain Controller...
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Mark Wormald wrote: We have a Prefix for the Business, a code for the site and then a suffix to indicate role together with an instance number So we have:- PE-BU-DC1 for Pick Everard - Bury St Edmunds...
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I've used colors, 14k' mountains, cartoon characters, and more. While at GE, the convention was very strict: State (CO), nearest airport (municipal counted, so DEN, JCO, DFW, DAL), role (DC, Server,...
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Leave the creativity to Marketing. When it comes to IT infrastructure, keep it logical and dry. You WILL move on at some point, and nothing sucks harder for the next guy than trying to decipher the...
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One thing that I'd mention is if you're planning on moving to a 100% virtual environment, you may not want to include location in the naming convention. It's ok if you're sure you're not going to be...
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For the main Windows services boxes, we also use a similar naming convention....location followed by role/purpose. Things like NYC-AD (a DC/DHCP/DNS), NYC-FP (file/print). We only get fun with the...
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I've been through too many acquisitions and mergers to not appreciate the dryly named site-code + function + number - for example, ours is busdc01, busdc02, bushyperv01, busweb01, etc. where 'BUS' is...
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Is it bad (for security reasons) to name your Domain Controllers DC-01 for example? wouldn't a hacker know that it's your domain controller by scanning the computers on your network? or by the time...
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antonionotarbartolo wrote:Is it bad (for security reasons) to name your Domain Controllers DC-01 for example? wouldn't a hacker know that it's your domain controller by scanning the computers on your...
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antonionotarbartolo wrote:Is it bad (for security reasons) to name your Domain Controllers DC-01 for example? wouldn't a hacker know that it's your domain controller by scanning the computers on your...
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